*culture is not optional

Gainful unemployment

by Peggy Deames

A resigned nurse learns to be still and value a new kind of productivity.

Seeking the still point

by Margaret Jenista

A summer in a national park teaches the difference between productivity and fruitfulness.

Remembering how

by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma

A recounting of lately stumbled-upon wisdom regarding grace, redemption and forgiveness.

In the difficult moment

by Heidi De Jonge

The mother of an infant girl struggles to stay in the present through crisis.

Eight days of silence

by Phil Reinders

An account of a sabbatical retreat and an invitation to a firsthand experience.

Bird feeders

by Denis Haack

On a simple discipline for learning to be still.

A lonely planet

by Raymond Blanton

A review of the film Notes On A Scandal directed by Richard Eyre.

Allium

by Neil E. Das

Hush

by Neil E. Das

Mushrooms

by Jeremy Huggins

Retreating into the Fray

by Naomi R. Wenger

The "how" and "why" of taking a spiritual retreat.

The art of waiting

by Steve Lansingh

What do we do in the moments that add up to eternity?

?God is the interesting thing?

by Jamie Howison

St. Benedict?s Table strives to cultivate a liturgy for vital worship.

Retreat International

A directory of retreat centers throughout the U.S. and Canada, with resources for potential retreatants.

Birding Babylon

Orion Magazine

Excerpts from a blog kept by Seargeant First Class Jonathan Trouern-Trend on bird watching during his tour in Iraq.